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as in accomplices
one associated with another in wrongdoing
the police were able to track down his confederates once the thief started talking
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as in supporters
someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support
relied on her confederates in the medical community for support
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as in cooperates
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
the nations confederated in order to lower international trade barriers
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Recent Examples of confederates
Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
Trump reverted back to the names honoring confederates.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confederates
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Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson has taken responsibility for the jailbreak but also blamed a lack of resources, from faulty locks to staffing shortages, as well as the escapees' network of accomplices.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
9 Oct. 2025
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Neither of the two accomplices in the case received a death sentence.—
Evan Mealins,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Miami philanthropists Trish and Dan Bell, who have given millions to different organizations across South Florida, are longtime supporters of the Foundation and are members of the Golden Angel Society, the Foundation’s premier giving group.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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The supporters deserved an assist.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In the best case, Hamas cooperates with the establishment of an alternative technocratic government supported by international policing forces.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Waller is an easy TE1 for fantasy if health cooperates.—
Dalton Del Don,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Lecornu argued earlier this week that Macron's centrist bloc, its allies, and parts of the opposition could still clump together into a working government.—
NPR,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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With no allies, no helmets and no way of getting home, Smith might need Superman himself (David Corenswet) to get back to Earth.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
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As Koestler observes, crying is a signal not just of surrender but of neediness, designed to elicit succor and comfort from sympathizers.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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McCarthy and his cronies engineered a hysteria over left-wing ideologies and their sympathizers, encouraging tactics like loyalty oaths and provoking paranoia over a suggestion that communist spies were omnipresent in America.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Okra, which came from West Africa via the Afro-Caribbean world, unites the South with the rest of the African Atlantic.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
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There is no containing these pictures, and more than anything that is what unites them.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
15 Oct. 2025
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Longoria often collaborates with stylist Maeve Reilly.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
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The unit collaborates with various federal, state, tribal, and local partners, including the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations, to combat terrorism.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Confederates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confederates. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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